CHAPTER 397: CHAPTER 13: BLOOD AND ARMOR (4TH UPDATE)

Boom, boom!

All the residents of Dabris Town felt the ground shake beneath them.

In the sewer, only the head of Roya (the bull) remained after the explosion, having been dead for a while. As for Doluchede (the dog), he was nowhere to be found, not having escaped but blown to pieces.

"Huff, huff～."

Greed·Greed was breathing heavily, his body charred and full of cracks.

"You’ve withstood dozens of bombs, truly tenacious."

Su Xiao stood in place, not having moved a step from start to finish.

"Your bombs have already..."

Just as Greed was about to speak, he saw Su Xiao wave his hand, and dozens of alchemy bombs dropped to the ground.

Greed turned his head to look behind him, seeing hundreds of little white frogs on the ground.

Not only the ground behind him but also the nearby drainage ditch was full of these frogs.

Greed had already witnessed the horrors of these frogs, and his escape route was blocked.

"Brother Greed."

Madelle, inside Alphonse, wanted to come out to help fight, but kind-hearted Alphonse stopped her.

"You can’t go out; you’ll be blown to bits."

Alphonse’s body was riddled with pits. If Su Xiao’s target had been him, he would have died many times over.

"Stop the nonsense, let me speak."

"No."

"I need to fight alongside Brother Greed!"

"No."

Madelle hammered on the inside of Alphonse’s armor, but Alphonse held onto his head tightly, which was the only exit.

"Please, let me out, let me fight."

Madelle’s tone was already sobbing.

"No, you’ll die."

Alphonse refused, not wanting to see anyone else die.

"Alphonse, flee."

Greed suddenly spoke, punching the iron chain off Alphonse’s leg.

"Eh?"

Alphonse was surprised.

"Quickly, don’t waste time; this guy’s target is me, not to save you, that’s just an excuse."

Alphonse looked at Su Xiao, noticing he was lighting a cigarette, leisurely smoking.

Suddenly, a thought occurred to Alphonse: this guy is very much like a main villain.

Swish～.

The white snake formed by the alchemy bomb slithered on the ground. Su Xiao looked up at the sewer ceiling, already full of cracks, indicating a need to control the explosion’s intensity.

"Died 16 times already, truly strong recovery power."

Su Xiao controlled the alchemy bombs with intention, the white snakes quickly crawling toward Greed.

Greed felt helpless; he didn’t dare attack these white snakes, as that would just cause an explosion.

He tried withstanding the bombs and escaping, which resulted in dying five times consecutively, paying a heavy price, and failed to escape. The enemy would blast his legs off.

"This is truly a desperate situation."

Greed protected his head with both hands, charging toward Su Xiao, seemingly trying to drag Su Xiao down with him.

Boom, boom, boom...

A series of explosions echoed, a heavily scarred figure emerged from the explosion’s flames, rushing to Su Xiao’s front.

"Die."

Greed leapt up, throwing a punch toward Su Xiao’s head.

Su Xiao crouched low; jumping while fighting an enemy was a big no-no unless you had flying ability, as it would make dodging impossible.

Swaying aside to dodge Greed’s heavy punch, Su Xiao slammed an elbow into Greed’s abdomen.

"Ugh～."

Greed spat out a mouthful of bile, his body curling.

Su Xiao took a step back, supporting himself with his hands, sweeping his leg to send the descending Greed sprawling on the ground.

With a thud, Greed’s face hit the ground, stars dancing before his eyes.

Su Xiao raised one foot high, stomping fiercely on Greed’s chest.

Crack, a large section of Greed’s ribs shattered.

’How can there be such terrifying power.’

This was Greed’s only thought, blood gushing from his mouth. Even though his carbon outer shell didn’t break, it was dented.

Before Greed could get up, Su Xiao bent one leg, slamming his knee down on Greed’s head.

Crunch.

Greed’s head deformed.

Bang!

Cracks appeared on the ground, dust surged, and Greed’s head sank into the ground.

Su Xiao’s power attribute had as much as 38 points, while an ordinary person’s power was 5 points, but the attributes weren’t calculated additively, they were exponentially enhanced.

points of power wasn’t twice that of 5 points, but over ten times, the exact calculation method unknown to Su Xiao, requiring a high cost in Paradise coins for consultation.

But one thing Su Xiao could be sure of was that now, punching through a wall was incredibly easy for him.

Blood pooled on the ground; even without a sword, Su Xiao was strong, especially with many alchemy bombs.

Reaching into the sinkhole with his left hand, Su Xiao grabbed Greed’s head.

The cold metal touch cleared Greed’s mind somewhat; his recovery power was getting weaker.

"You’re not... human."

Clatter... clatter...

Greed’s skull creaked as Su Xiao squeezed, nearly making Greed lose consciousness.

"Monster."

Blood soaked Su Xiao’s elbow as Greed’s body was too hard, even injuring Su Xiao.

"I didn’t expect your monster’s blood to be red, hahaha."

Su Xiao remained silent, speaking only when provoking during a fight, always preferring action over words; the mouth escape skill was only effective for protagonists.

Moreover, villains typically die from talking too much. If he wanted to say something to his enemy, Su Xiao preferred speaking to their corpse; this was low risk, and the enemy couldn’t retort.

An alchemy bomb appeared in his hand, transformed into a white sphere.

The sphere was stuffed into Greed’s mouth, Greed’s pupils trembling.

Tossing Greed away, Greed reached into his throat, seemingly trying to extract the alchemy bomb.

"Wait, I can tell a secret."

"Not interested."

"There’s a problem with this country, the mastermind is..."

Thud.

Greed’s chest and abdomen suddenly swelled, returning to normal after a few seconds. He lay helplessly on the ground, blood and fragments of internal organs oozing from his mouth and nose.

[You killed Greed]

[Greed was a key plot character, gained 5.1% of World Source, now totaling 17.2% of World Source.]

[Achievement task Conviction completed (3/7).]

After killing Greed, Su Xiao looked at Alphonse, who still had a synthetic beast inside him.

Either don’t make an enemy or eliminate them completely, leaving no one behind.

Su Xiao walked toward Alphonse, who sat on the ground, scooting back a bit.

"Brother Greed."

Madelle knelt inside Alphonse’s armor, tears uncontrollably streaming down.

Alphonse looked at Su Xiao, wanting to protect the woman inside the armor.

"Thank you for saving me."

"It’s nothing."

Su Xiao continued walking toward Alphonse.

"Then, I’ll go find my brother."

Alphonse tried standing to leave, failing multiple times, softly telling Madelle inside: "Stop struggling, we must go, or he’ll kill you."

"I’m not leaving; I want to avenge Brother Greed."

"No, you’re no match. Stop resisting; come with me."

Su Xiao was already close to Alphonse.

"Who are you talking to?"

"I... I’m talking to myself."

"Is that so."

Swish～, the sound of metal wires contracting was heard.

Squelch, blood oozed from the gaps in Alphonse’s armor as he sat dazedly on the ground.

Su Xiao retracted the Boundary Line, wiping the blood from it as he did.

"A beautiful move, but Flame Alchemist, why are you here?"

A strong elder, wearing a tight black T-shirt with a black eyepatch over his left eye, walked out from one side of the sewer.

The strong elder had six western swords hanging at his waist, stepping with strength and stability.

Su Xiao looked at the elder, recognizing him instantly.

"During a mission, I encountered a kidnapping incident; someone kidnapped a State Alchemist’s family member. As a State Alchemist, I couldn’t tolerate that."

Approaching him was President Kim Bradley, also known as Wrath.

Upon seeing him, Su Xiao suddenly felt an urge to fight him with a blade, though he suppressed it, knowing it wasn’t time yet.